Job summary
Respiratory Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
Full Time 37.5 hours 6 Month Winter Secondment Commencing October 2024
We are pleased to be able to offer this exciting opportunity to join the Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist Team. We are looking for an efficient, well-motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join our team. The CNS will provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients with asthma (in-patient and out-patient) and their family, throughout the care pathway, ensuring a seamless service for these patients.
We are a dynamic team delivering secondary and tertiary respiratory care in the region. The successful candidates will be RSCN or RN Child Branch; relevant clinical experience in paediatric respiratory nursing is essential along with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
The post offers an excellent career development opportunity for an individual committed to children's nursing. A car driver/owner is desirable, as we have a number of clinics based throughout Bristol.
Main duties of the job
- The CNS will deliver inhaler teaching, patient and family education and will provide Personalised Asthma Action Plans for all children with asthma.
- The CNS will be involved with children with asthma on the medical wards or within the ED to provide management advice, inhaler technique and asthma education to families and staff.
- The CNS will also be involved in the administration of injectable monoclonal antibody therapies for difficult asthma.
- The CNS will actively be involved in education, research and audit. There will be the opportunity to undertake a specific educational module in paediatric asthma management.
- The post holder will engage and lead discussions in multidisciplinary team meeting
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualification & Training
Essential
- RN(Child) or relevant children's qualification
- Current NMC Registration
- 1st Degree in nursing or health related subject, willing to undertake/ working towards
- Qualification in Teaching and Assessing
Desirable
- Qualification / Short course in Asthma management
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post registration experience in paediatric asthma nursing
- Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
Desirable
- Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
- Experience of undertaking research or audit
- Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
- Experience as preceptor / mentor
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Organisation and management skills
- Teaching
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to problem solve
- Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team.
- Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work and to support others.
- IT skills including use of email and Microsoft office packages
- Act as a role model and as a mentor
- Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
- Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of national and local specialty specific issues
Person Specification
Qualification & Training
Essential
- RN(Child) or relevant children's qualification
- Current NMC Registration
- 1st Degree in nursing or health related subject, willing to undertake/ working towards
- Qualification in Teaching and Assessing
Desirable
- Qualification / Short course in Asthma management
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post registration experience in paediatric asthma nursing
- Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching
Desirable
- Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
- Experience of undertaking research or audit
- Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
- Experience as preceptor / mentor
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Organisation and management skills
- Teaching
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Ability to problem solve
- Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team.
- Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work and to support others.
- IT skills including use of email and Microsoft office packages
- Act as a role model and as a mentor
- Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
- Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of national and local specialty specific issues
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Upper Maudlin St.
Bristol
BS2 8BJ
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
